Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 181

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Most importantly, she felt that her father had been alone for too long now. Now that
he finally met someone who had mutual feelings for him, it would be too cruel of her
to break them up.
Furthermore, the woman was very upfront about it too.
After knowing that she found out about the relationship, the woman approached
her and cautiously said to her, “Miss Selwyn, your father told me a little bit about
your family. I know your family situation’s different from a regular family. I swear that
I’m not in a relationship with your father out of greed. If you don’t trust me, I’m willing
to sign an agreement to guarantee that I won’t take anything from the Selwyns. It’ll
just be an agreement between the two of us. No one else will know about it.”
“An agreement, huh? Alright. Let’s do it.”
Thus, Victoria had Bane’s lawyers prepare an agreement for her and got the woman.
to sign it.
Sure enough, the woman was prepared to sign the agreement without even reading
the terms first.
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Victoria stopped her.
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“Were you planning on signing without even reading it first? Aren’t you afraid that I
might’ve set a trap for you?”
The woman smiled bashfully. “Tony’s a good man and you’re his daughter. I’m sure
you won’t harm me.”
Victoria was won over by the woman’s graciousness. She didn’t want to hurt her
father, so in the end, she decided against getting the agreement signed.
The woman was flustered to see Victoria taking back the agreement.
“Miss Selwyn? Why aren’t we signing it? Are you disapproving of my relationship
with Tony?”
“That’s not it.” Victoria looked straight at the woman and smiled faintly. “You can just
call me Victoria. You shouldn’t be so formal with me if you plan on continuing your
relationship with my father. Also, the next time you sign something, remember to
read through it carefully. Don’t do what you did today. You’d be an easy target for
those w**e trying to trick you.”
As a daughter, she had her own reasons for having the lawyers draw up the
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She came from a single-parent family. Her father was the only family she had apart
from her children, so she had to test the person who wanted to get involved with
him.
Now that Tony was embarking on a new relationship, Victoria moved out of the
house. She bought a place that was just big enough for her and her two children.
When the trio returned to Selwyn Residence, the s***ts quickly came out to greet
them and picked up the two children.
“You’re back, Miss Selwyn. Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn were just talking about you.”
“Where are they?”
“They just finished dinner and are resting right now.”
As soon as the s***t responded, someone appeared in the hallway behind the
door.
“Victoria.”
“Oh. Mrs. Selwyn’s here,” the s* said.***
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Victoria looked over and saw Sasha Floyd, her father’s new wife.
Sasha was looking brightly at Victoria and she quickly came over.
“Hi, Grandma!”
When she reached them, Nicole was the first to greet her. Nicole then stretched out
her arms for a hug.
“My dear Nicole. Come and give Grandma a hug.”
Sasha took Nicole from the servant’s arms, and once she did, she couldn’t bear to
put her down again. She could see just how well Victoria was taking care of the
children.
Not only was Nicole nice and soft to cuddle with, but she also had a faint scent of
milk that made Sasha feel like she was holding a squishy bundle of milk pudding.
“Look at you! How on earth are you this adorable, hm?”
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Both the kids were extremely attractive. They had good genes. However, as
Victoria’s married life was rather tumultuous, Sasha didn’t want to bring up any topic
that was related to the children’s father.
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Now that Sasha had Nicole in her arms, she went over and nudged Nathan’s cheek
to make sure she gave him just as much attention. Then, she turned to Victoria and
said, “It’s chilly outside. Let’s go in.”
“Sure.”
Victoria followed Sasha into the house.
“Your father just went upstairs to take a shower,” Sasha informed. “I keep telling him
not to take a shower immediately after a meal, but he just won’t listen.”
Her grumbling made Victoria smile.
“You must have a hard time taking care of Dad, Sasha.”
At this, Sasha immediately defended Tony.
“Not at all. Your father does a lot of things by himself. I feel like he’s the one taking
care of me.”
“It’s good that the two of you look out for each other.”
Sasha glanced at Victoria and gave her a shy smile before setting Nicole down.
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“I’ll go upstairs and tell your father to hurry up.”
“It’s fine, Sasha. We’re not in a rush today.”
Sasha’s eyes
lit up at once. “Do you plan on staying over tonight?”
Victoria turned to Nicole and Nathan. “Grandma is asking whether you want to stay
here tonight, so how about it?”
“I do!” Nicole immediately hugged Sasha’s legs. “I want to sleep with you tonight,
Grandma.” She stuck out a tiny finger and said, “One last night.”
Sasha was pretty happy at first, but after hearing Nicole’s last comment, she froze.
“L-Last night? What do you mean?”
“Nicole, you should be more careful when you speak. You scared Grandma,” Victoria
chided.
Nicole tilted her head to the side in confusion. “Mommy?”
Victoria poked Nicole on the nose. “What you meant to say is our last night before
we head back to our home country.”
“Oh.” Nicole instantly put her lesson to use. “Grandma, what I meant is our last night
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before we head back to our home country.”
Sasha realized what was happening. She looked at Victoria in shock. “You’re
heading back? When?”
“Yeah. We’ll be leaving in a few days.”
“Why are you heading back all of a sudden? Your father never mentioned it to me.”
“We came over today to tell him about this.”
At last, Sasha had the full picture. She didn’t press further.
Tony was startled to hear that Victoria wanted to head back and start her own
company.
“Snowball, why do you want to head back and start a new company when things.
have been fine all along? If you want to run a company, I can always retire and hand
the reins over to you.”
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Victoria was stunned into silence. After a brief pause, she explained, “Dad, you
finally managed to build up your company after putting in all that hard work. How
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can you just hand it to me like that?”
“Why not? What’s mine is yours.”
The father-daughter duo was in the study right now. There was no one else but the
two of them around-the two who had no one but each other to depend on all these
years.
Therefore, Tony openly expressed himself. “Why do you think I started a company?
Isn’t it all because I want to make sure you can have a good life? Sooner or later, the
company will go to you. Although I married Sasha, I told her from the start that
everything I have will go to you. When I die, I’ll leave her a bit of the company shares
-just enough to cover her living expenses. After all, she did marry me. I should
provide for her too.”